Weather Records on 5 February 1933

177 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1933. Highest significance: Sable Island, CA.

Key Facts for 5 February 1933

On 5 February 1933, 177 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 172 daily.
Sable Island set a daily record snowfall of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 5 February 1933.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

177 stations

177 station records on 5 February 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

177 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 February 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 February 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 172.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

157 broken records

Margins by which the 157 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1933

Top 20 records on 5 February 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1933	Sable Island, CA	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1933	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1933	Oxford, GB	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1933	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	12.1 C (53.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Wien, AT	daily high max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Uccle, BE	daily high min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	9.2 C (48.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Great Falls 16St, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	11.8 C (53.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Sheffield, GB	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Perpignan, FR	daily high max	26.5 C (79.7 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily low min	16.2 C (61.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high max	9.6 C (49.3 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Ft Bidwell, US	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	49 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Old Mapoon, AU	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1933	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1933. 1933 had 177 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	2
1814	1
1822	1
1827	2
1838	1
1841	2
1848	3
1851	2
1852	1
1855	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1869	5
1871	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	1
1897	5
1898	3
1900	10
1901	2
1902	4
1903	3
1904	14
1905	16
1906	10
1907	19
1908	23
1909	46
1910	20
1911	49
1912	41
1913	40
1914	31
1915	22
1916	25
1917	93
1918	105
1919	29
1920	72
1921	31
1922	80
1923	67
1924	237
1925	400
1926	112
1927	653
1928	265
1929	148
1930	161
1931	292
1932	353
1933	177
1934	153
1935	158
1936	734
1937	265
1938	1,308
1939	151
1940	295
1941	227
1942	407
1943	524
1944	287
1945	325
1946	666
1947	576
1948	625
1949	541
1950	574
1951	232
1952	453
1953	459
1954	666
1955	556
1956	450
1957	607
1958	233
1959	340
1960	520
1961	711
1962	639
1963	1,451
1964	553
1965	433
1966	616
1967	404
1968	256
1969	433
1970	448
1971	1,329
1972	394
1973	854
1974	443
1975	910
1976	1,140
1977	493
1978	892
1979	2,150
1980	756
1981	523
1982	2,248
1983	815
1984	612
1985	1,602
1986	1,375
1987	572
1988	1,158
1989	3,257
1990	1,225
1991	1,765
1992	562
1993	884
1994	629
1995	1,297
1996	2,815
1997	845
1998	991
1999	821
2000	647
2001	1,276
2002	1,589
2003	682
2004	1,724
2005	1,210
2006	833
2007	1,243
2008	2,428
2009	803
2010	1,422
2011	2,052
2012	1,362
2013	368
2014	1,441
2015	768
2016	519
2017	583
2018	960
2019	1,288
2020	1,050
2021	758
2022	444
2023	298
2024	803
2025	1,109
2026	1,234

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Data for records on 1933-02-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	152
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1